Operating profit at the company's broadcast group rose 88.5 percent, to $87.1 million.

The broadcast group also turned in a better performance.

Revenue generated by the company's broadcast group was flat in the first quarter at $33.1 million.

It is endowed by a coalition of independent broadcast groups.

The broadcast group has been a profitable part of the Times Company.

Over all, Raycom has committed $1.35 billion to creating the new broadcast group.

One can see why many local broadcast groups support the national cap - it allows them to own more stations than the networks.

Operating income for just the broadcast group fell 65 percent, to $17.8 million, from $50.2 million a year earlier.

She became a vice president of the company in 1988 and added the Broadcast Group to her responsibilities a year later.

The Broadcast Group had an operating profit of $155.1 million.